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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Woman Hollering Creek.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The creek that runs behind Cleofilas’ house in America is called what in Spanish?
(a) La Gritona
(b) Mala suerte
(c) Mi querida
(d) Que vida

2. What Spanish phrase from the story translates to “my darling”?
(a) La consentida
(b) Mal aire
(c) Que vida
(d) Mi querida

3. What does Cleofilas’ father say to her “in the hubbub of parting” in the beginning of the story?
(a) May you live happily ever after
(b) I am your father, I will never abandon you
(c) Make sure he treats you right
(d) You always were my favorite

4. “You or No One” is a title of what the short story?
(a) A folk song
(b) A Bollywood film
(c) A stage play
(d) A telenovela

5. What does Cleofilas twist into knots, fans, and roses when she accompanies her husband to the bar in their first year of marriage?
(a) Her hair
(b) Napkins
(c) Thread
(d) Newspapers

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase from the story is translated from Spanish as “Do you understand?”

2. What Spanish word from the story translates to “pregnant”?

3. Where does Juan Pedro say he’ll take Cleofilas to buy her wedding dress?

4. When Felice drives across the creek with Cleofilas, she opens her mouth and lets “out a yell as loud as any” what?

5. Which of Cleofilas’ neighbors considers herself a widow but never mentions her husband?

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